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Case Studies of Ecological Integrative Information Systems: The Luquillo and Sevilleta Information Management Systems

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Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR 2010)

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The thirty-year-old United States Long Term Ecological Research Network has developed extensive metadata to document their scientific data. Standard and interoperable metadata is a core component of the data-driven analytical solutions developed by this research network Content management systems offer an affordable solution for rapid deployment of metadata centered information management systems. We developed a customized integrative metadata management system based on the Drupal content management system technology. Building on knowledge and experience with the Sevilleta and Luquillo Long Term Ecological Research sites, we successfully deployed the first two medium-scale customized prototypes. In this paper, we describe the vision behind our Drupal based information management instances, and list the features offered through these Drupal based systems. We also outline the plans to expand the information services offered through these metadata centered management systems. We will conclude with the growing list of participants deploying similar instances.

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  1. LTER Network Office, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Inigo San Gil & Marshall White

  2. Luquillo Experimental Forest LTER, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

    Eda Melendez

  3. Sevilleta LTER, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    Kristin Vanderbilt

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  1. Universidad de Alcalá, Edificio Polité cnico, despacho O-246, Ctra. Meco s/n, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

    Salvador Sánchez-Alonso

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    Ioannis N. Athanasiadis

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San Gil, I., White, M., Melendez, E., Vanderbilt, K. (2010). Case Studies of Ecological Integrative Information Systems: The Luquillo and Sevilleta Information Management Systems. In: Sánchez-Alonso, S., Athanasiadis, I.N. (eds) Metadata and Semantic Research. MTSR 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16552-8_3

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